The objective of the Nutrition Obesity Research Center is to bring together basic science and clinical investigators from relevant disciplines to enhance and extend the effectiveness of research related to nutritional sciences and/or obesity, and related disorders, with clinical and/or translational applications in these areas.

The NIDDK-supported Nutrition and Obesity Research Centers (NORC) are part of an integrated program of nutritional sciences and obesity research. The NORC program combines the previously supported NIDDK Clinical Nutrition Research Units (CNRUs) and the Obesity Nutrition Research Centers (ONRCs) into one centers program.